Muffler.



UNTED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

J OSEF KELLNER, OF BROOKLYN, AND SIDNEY WORMS, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEWYORK, ASSIGNORS TO FRANKLIN KNITTING MILLS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION m NEW YORK..

MUFFLER.

Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 28, 1913. Serial No. 757,284.

To (l achom 'it may concern Be it known that we, JosEF KELLNER, asubject of the Emperor of Germany, and SIDNEY VVoRMs, a citizen of theUnted States, residing, respectively, at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, and New Rochelle, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mufliers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invent-ion relates to mufllers and more particularly toknitted mufllers, the Object thereof being to provide an improvedknitted mufller having a neck portion of comparatively short lengthmerging into a pair of flaring or gradually widening ends, bothsubstantially alike.

A further Object of the invention is the provision of a knitted muflierknitted of lengthwise extending ribs or Wales so that when knitted ofdifl'erent colored threads it will have an accordion efl'ect, theflaring ends of which 'terminate in shaped ends, each preferably of asingle fold or thickness.

In the drawngs accompanying and forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is a lan view of this improved knitted mufller, ig. 2 is a rearview of one end thereof.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding `parts in thefigures of the drawin s'.

The nitted muflier 1 is given its iridescent or accordion effectlengthwise thereof by knitting the same of difi'erent colored threads soas to form lengthwise extending wales ,or ribs 3 of one coloralternating with the intermediate rows 4.

In knitting this' improved mufller it is started with a certain width inthe machine, such as a flat knitting machine, it being started forinstance at' the end 5 and by gradually throwing out of operationcertain needle loops or stitches, it is so knitted that the end wll iadually taper or narrow toward the nec? portion the edges of which areknitted in substantial parallelism or with slight curvature thereof, Bygradually throwing into operation certain needle stitches or loops theopposite portion7 is knitted with a sinilar flaring end. The mufflerwhen knitted flat in the manner described is then formed up so that therear edges thereof will be brought together asat 8 and sewed o'connected along such edges. Each end of the mufiler is shaped, shownherein as of triangular shape, as at 9, and

overedged, this shaping being usually done 4 prior to the sewin of therear edges. together. This overe ging may be done with different coloredthreads corresponding with the body of the mufller, if desired. The rearconnected edges of the mufiler are barred by a crosswise extending bar10, (see Fig. 2) thus providing a loose flowing end at each end portionof the mufiler. Thus it will be observed that this improved doubleflaring end knitted muflier is knitted in the desired shape ascontradistinguished from being cut from a knitted blank, and that whenof an iridescent or accordion appearance it is preferably knitted wit-hlengthwise extending Wales or ribs, and horizontal courses, andpreferably with the face of the mufiler of contrasting colors, while therear of the fabric. may usually be of a solid or single color so that insome instances the wearer should he be so disposed, could use themuffler with the wrong side out, the ends preferably being open andsuitably 'shaped as shown in the present instance as of triangularshape.

This improved muflier it will be observed has a relatively short neckportion, in other words, the neck portion is stubby or blunt and thisneck portion terminates in two similarly formed ends both of which areof the same or substantially the same size so that the ends areinterchangeable, that is to say, either end may be folded on top of theother in use. By'reason of the short neck portion it will be Obviousthat -the flaring ends will be in such position that they will 4 neck ofthe wearer to usually cover the collar and such portion of the back ofthe neck above the collar as it is desired to rotect. In short, the neckportion of the mufller is what may be considered of stocky construction,that' is short and wide, yet relatively narrow as compared with theends. In.

ractice the muflier as ordinarily formed will have its neck portionabout five inches Wide, while the greatest Width of its shaped ends maybe approximately ten inches Wide.

V We claim as our invention:

As an article of manufacture, a mufiier or chest protector knitted flatwith a short stocky neck portion sufliciently Wide to protect the neckof the wearer above the Collar, but relatively narrow as compared Withthe ends of such mufiier, said neck portion merg- 'ing into a pair ofsubstantially similarly formed flaring ends whereby they are intechangeable, each of compar'atively great width at its widest portion andof sufiicient Width between its point of juncture with the neck portionand its end to, When overlapping its companion end, protect the chest ofthe wearer, each of said ends terminating i n a shaped end, said mufflerbeing knitted With substantially the same form of stitches from end toend and having lengthwise extending ribs or Wales which may alternatelybe of different colors on one or both sides thereof to provide anaccordion efi'ect, the juxtaposed rear edges of such muflier beingunited on the rear side thereof.

-Signed at New York, this 15th day of March, 1913.

J OSEF KELLNER. SIDNEY. WORMS.`

Witnesses:

F. E. BOYCE, W. L. BOTELAR.

